Fox gecko
Hemidactylus garnotii Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Status not recordedlizards
The fox gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.13 g and reach 5.2 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the fox gecko
- Weight
- 3.13 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.2 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 1.3 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 30.4 days – 39.6 dayssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 3src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the fox gecko?
Where does the fox gecko live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fox gecko as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the fox gecko endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the fox gecko classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyGekkonidae
- genusHemidactylus
- SpeciesHemidactylus garnotii Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Synonyms Doryura gaudama, Doryura vulpecula, Hemidactylus blanfordii, Hemidactylus garnotti, Hemidactylus guadama, Hemidactylus mandelianus, Hemidactylus mortoni, Hemidactylus peruvianus
Other names and names in other languages (20)
- Assam greyish brown geckoEnglish
- Garnot's house geckoEnglish
- Garnot’s house geckoEnglish
- Indo-Pacific geckoEnglish
- Indo-Pacific house geckoEnglish
- Indopacific geckoEnglish
- Indo-Pazifik GeckoGerman
- Jungfern-HalbfingergeckoGerman
- geco indopacificoSpanish
- Hémidactyle de GarnotFrench
- Hémidactyle indo-pacifiqueFrench
- Geco indo-pacifico di GarnotItalian
- Indopasifisk HusgekkoNorwegian Bokmål
- Перуанский полупалый гекконRussian
- จิ้งจกแม่หม้ายThai
- จิ้งจกบ้านหางเรียบThai
- 鋸尾蜥虎Chinese
- 鋸尾蝎虎Chinese
- 锯尾蜥虎Chinese
- 鋸尾蜥虎 (鋸尾蝎虎)Chinese
Relatives of the fox gecko
Other species in the same genus Hemidactylus.
Chichak
Hemidactylus frenatus
Turkish gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus
Yellow-belly gecko
Hemidactylus flaviviridis
Asian house gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus
Brook's house gecko
Hemidactylus brookii
Mabouya
Hemidactylus mabouia
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the fox gecko?
An adult fox gecko weighs 3.13 g and measures 5.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the fox gecko an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the fox gecko as invasive in 1 country: Costa Rica. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.
What kind of animal is the fox gecko?
The fox gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii) belongs to the family Gekkonidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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